CVE-2007-4825 (GCVE-0-2007-4825)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-09-12 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:08
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in PHP 5.2.4 and earlier allows attackers to bypass open_basedir restrictions and possibly execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the dl function.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2267 records in the last 180 days details
References
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https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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Date Public
2007-09-10 00:00
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